Six persons have been arrested on Grand Jury indictments and charged with a number of gambling-related offenses.

The six, all Hilo residents, were arrested during the past week.

The arrestees and the offenses for which they were charged are:

Kaleonahe Chung, 28, with eight counts of gambling.

Valerie C. Ferrieira, 45, with four counts of promotion of gambling and one count of gambling.

Samuel K. Kamahele, 32, with 12 counts of promotion of gambling, eight counts of gambling and one count of possession of a gambling device.

Aaron Jitchaku, 45, with nine counts of promotion of gambling and one count of possession of a gambling device.

James Macomber, 30, with six counts of promotion of gambling.

Ethan Motta, 34, with 10 counts of gambling.

They were among those arrested during a six-week undercover investigation that culminated in a December 21, 2000, raid on a “craps” game at Reyn’s Repair at 831 Leilani Street in Hilo. During that raid, police arrested 10 persons and confiscated a craps table, gambling devices and more than $9,000 in cash.

All the defendants have appeared in Circuit Court, pleaded not guilty and were placed on supervised released pending their next court appearance.